The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-02
FROM TIE EAR NonTlI.
An Interesting Letter from Land of Gre,

An Interesting Letter from Land of Grea,
IN Promise. n .
Correspondence o. he In!elilgeicsr.
|, 5lWISNIrKG, BRITISH AMERICA, July IA p
Time only can tell whs. a change and
what growth mud development await this
part Of North America. When I say "thia
part" DO not mean TO confae the appli.
cation to that portion only surrounding
! the town Of Winnipeg; but I include ali
that vast region reaching hundreds OF
miles on both sidea OF the Red River Of
the North, and extending southwark into
Minnesota to ST. Paul and beyond, and
northward into unknown regions; for no
one yet fully knows the confines OF this
grain.growing region lnorthward. 1t ex.
tends to tho Hudson Bay, and its limits
eastward and westward arc vaguely
known. Butit Is Us yet new and unex.
p!ored field Of wealth untold; and tho
future must tell what 1t Is all worth. Z
1t 10 difficult for the mind to grasp the
conception OF what a vast territory Ia
here. 1t is ride by rail OF twenty-five
| houra from st. PAM, and all the way ia
through the tineat wheat country in tho
world, and on both aides the fertile lands
extend hundreds Of miles; and even
when here, one Is just fairly at tho thresh.
old OF the realm that waits the coming OF
the huabandman to- change 1t from waste
prairie and wild plain, into the granary
IVf the western continent. K <; &c b
Thia is the great valley OF the Rsd .Riy.
er OF the North, Il stream nearly IS large
as the Ohio, and until the past few years
hardly known 80 much 90 by name except
to geographers, and to those who hsd read
the travels OF men who had penetrated in.
to and explored these solitudes.
| WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT #
The fact that the npirit OF the aye Is
looking to invention, exploration and do.
| velopment, Is nowhere more manifest
than hero. Every corner OF the world is
being searched Tor It's hidden wealth. Gil
gantie schemes, which century ago were
Ildteamed Of, are now every day occur.
rencss. When, a century ago, Msckeuzie
carried his explorations on in this sec.
ton, and northward from here, toward
the Arctic Ocean, how little did he think
that in a hundred years. thu wilderness
\ which to him was, at BEST, only danger
and curiosity, would be traYersed by
railroads in many directions, aud cities
would spring up where were then only
the miserable wigwamB Of natives, and
where bio thought that no white man
would ever again venture! Even the
present age, which can believe almost
anything, can not easily realze that in
the wilderness OF British America is a
city with twenty-five thousand iuhabi.
tants, sR a rs. Z. 3g,
The Canadian Pacific railway crosses
through it from cast to west, running
from the Atlantic to the Pacific; snd rail.
roads from the United States come from
the south, opening this country up to the
| world in that direction. !, Companies are
now at work building a railroad to run
from here TO Hudson Bay, giving still an.
other outlet. III + q, "a. lf
have seen about all tho land for
wheat growing that there is in America;
and this region is surely the greatest OF
them sll. II is yet undeyeloped, but its
development ia certain, and has com.
menced now. Tho plantations Of wheat
in Northern Minnesota equal any I ever
saw In California, and not ons.tenth OF
the country ia ye. under cultivation.
When the remaining milliona on millions
Of acres shall DO brought under the p!ow,
then it will be truly seen that the world
can draw its support from here. ~
It had never entered my thoughts what
a wat region this ia until l had seen it.
But even yet l have not seen it MI, nor
more than the mereat part Of it.
,As A PLACE OF. RESIDENCE. :.
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aud deep Hudson Bay, and to its very
shores eStenda this fertile valley, and
through all this valley some day will be
wheat plantations. The plains Of Russia
cannot be q rival: Although they are
larger in area, yet their soil is not so fer.
tile. The soil Of this valley is black like
charcoal, and aeoms the native soil for
wheat, as well 8a for other grains.
AS Tor the climate cannots say 80 much.
| The climate since have been here has
not been pleasant. even for GUNNER. 1t
is cold and raw like November. The air
is damp, and tho clouds are low down
upon theearth. All nature has \ q lone.
some, dreary appearance, and am in
clined to think it is not s healthful. { But
this may only be my observation. Per-
haps. too, all the time 1t is not 30 cold.
It 10 very far north, much farther north
than the farthest extremity Of Maine.
The. days in summer arc long, and in win
ter are short. This evening tho sun did
not set till nine o'clock. * Il 5iE, FL
The country is different in many ways
| from what had thought to find it. 4 I had
no idea that l. would Grd such city rs
this in the wilderness. l was expecting
to find 8 few tents and wigwams, and was
! in doubt as to whether I could find a
place to stay over night. But, l am TO-.
hight in city nearly IS large as Wheel.
ing, but far inferior in lbuildinge and
wealth. Many Of the houses are, missrA-,
bic, and the streets are fearlullyy muddy.
1 The hotel where l stop is four stories high,
lighted with gas, with electric bells, car